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John Pollock
@karlcotton.bsky.social
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Old lefty, still hopeful but not very. Always learning from history and science. Traumatised adoptee and needs a haircut. In happy and long term relationship. No DMs please 🙏🏽 Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Living on Gumbaynggirr country. Protect Gaia🌏 #auspol
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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 15h
TEN COMPLAINTS OF ICE AGENTS

10. The mainstream media has brainwashed everyone we meet into believing that there’s something bad about rounding up the migrants and throwing them into camps

9. You shoot ONE protesting pastor with a pepper ball, and suddenly you’re the bad guys
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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 7h
Will Netanyahu torpedo the ‘Gaza peace plan’ sooner rather than later?

Here’s Noam Chomsky explaining the cyclical pattern of Israel reaching a ceasefire with Hamas, and then openly breaking the ceasefire and resuming the slaughter.
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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 10h
What???
They threw a former Wallabies Captain out of their Parliamentary sporting club because he spoke up about gambling!!!! What???
#auspol #4Corners > www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 6h
The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 7h
Oh boy the Labor Party demonstrating they truly have a thin skin.
I would not say they are bending the knee to the gambling industry rather they’re on their hands and knees adorned with a collar and leash. #auspol
Peta Murphy would be rolling in her grave 😢 at the Alabanese governments timidity
Pocock booted from pollie sports club after criticising gambling lobby sponsor
The former star Wallabies player turned independent senator was kicked out of the social sports club after raising concerns about its links to the gambling industry.
www.abc.net.au
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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 6h
Who’s bankrolling antifa? That tactical frog gear must cost, what, eighty thousand dollars each
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Aug 29
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h
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John Pollock @karlcotton.bsky.social · 11h
I thought they looked familiar. We have have a Smile5 system and very happy with it. There is a Facebook group that is quite helpful. Good luck with it.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h
Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.
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John Pollock @karlcotton.bsky.social · 12h
Well done, what brand are they?
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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 1d
DEWR sought an assurance report on the Targeted Compliance Framework. They got it. It told them clearly that the TCF could NOT be assured. And yet the government continues to administer this unlawful system so it can suspend income support payments for bullshit reasons.
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Kate Du-Rose @rosegirlkate.bsky.social · 23h
I'm doing the Oct #musicchallenge for #DavidsMonthOfMusic

8. By a Fictional or Virtual Band

Ladies, Gentlemen, Agender and Non-Binary peeps, I present to you the Pre-Fab Four themselves, The Rutles!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcDR...
Cheese And Onions (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Rutles
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@radbradley.bsky.social @radbradley.bsky.social · 17h
T R U M P S T E I N
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Frank Garrett @frankgarrett.online · 23h
This bit, at the very least, makes Krasznahorkai seem like a decent person, thanking—and respecting—his translators. Can you imagine (and no, you can't) Kundera being this generous to a translator?
My hero: George Szirtes and my other translators by László Krasznahorkai
This year’s Man Booker International prize winner on waiting eight years for his first novel to be translated – ‘my publishers were in deep despair’
www.theguardian.com
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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 1d
Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins
The prize, considered the most prestigious literary prize in the world, is worth almost €1 million and has had four Irish winners in the past
www.irishtimes.com
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John Pollock @karlcotton.bsky.social · 13h
Unless they are Christian Fascist s?
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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 15h
Lots of posts about spiders all of a sudden
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Prof Sunny Singh @profsunnysingh.bsky.social · 1d
We mourn. We rest. We renew our strength and commitment. Then we turn up again and again and again. Until liberation and accountability.

We won’t forget. We won’t forgive. We can’t. For all our sakes!

#FreePalestine
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 19h
Chicago and Portland showing us how it’s DONE!!
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Keryn12🇦🇺 @keryn12.bsky.social · 13h
Having one the the worlds biggest military at his personal disposal tRUMP is yet to find the ANTIFA Headquarters or arrest any members of organisation.

tRUMP, Bondi & Noem likened Antifa to some of the worlds most dangerous military organisations.

Perhaps they should look under pizza shops!!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h
"It would #BeBest if I stays with the bad man if I wants to see any more jewelry and keep him shuts up about my green card."
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 1d
Mass shootings by year and country.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d
Treasury official James Kelly grilled after claiming does not see any evidence of price gouging in the insurance sector bcoz their profits ‘don’t look excessive’
Nick McKim “they’re up 50% in the last financial year!” #Estimates
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